4.  The applicant, a Ukrainian national, was born in 1935. He died on 14 November 2005. In a letter of 16 February 2006, the applicant's wife Mrs Y.P. Parkhomenko informed the Court that she wished to pursue the application.
5.  In 1995 the applicant instituted proceedings in the Krasnodon Town Court (the “Krasnodon Court”) against the Duvannaya State Mine (the “Mine”), seeking the recovery of occupational disability arrears.
6.  On 5 May 1995 the court found for the applicant and ordered the Mine to pay the applicant 273,171,500 karbovantsiv[1] (the former transitional currency of Ukraine before September 1996) in occupational disability arrears. On 15 June 1995 the Lugansk Regional Court upheld this decision.
7.  On 22 December 1995 the same court ordered the Mine to pay the applicant 527,638,000 karbovantsiv[2] in occupational disability arrears.
8.  By two separate decisions of 25 October 2000, the Presidium of the Lugansk Regional Court, following the protest lodged by the Deputy Prosecutor of the Lugansk Region, quashed the above judgments and remitted both cases for a fresh consideration.
9.  On an unspecified date the applicant's claims were joined. On 16 May 2002 the Krasnodon Court rejected them. On an unspecified date the Lugansk Regional Court of Appeal quashed the decision of 16 May 2002 and remitted the case for a fresh consideration.
10.  On 18 December 2002 the Krasnodon Court found in part for the applicant and awarded him UAH 13,854.11[3] in occupational disability arrears and other payments. On 22 April 2003 the court rejected the Mine's request for leave to appeal against the judgment of 18 December 2002 for failure to comply with procedural formalities.
11.  On 24 April 2003 the Krasnodon Court submitted two writs of execution for the judgment of 18 December 2002 to the Krasnodon Town Bailiffs' Service for initiation of enforcement proceedings.
12.  On 12 May 2003 the Bailiffs' Service instituted enforcement proceedings.
13.  Pursuant to the order of the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of 23 January 2003 the Mine became a structural division of the Krasnodonvugillya State Enterprise.
14.  On 27 October 2003 the Krasnodon Court changed the debtor in the enforcement proceedings and ordered the Krasnodonvugillya State Enterprise to pay the applicant the award of 18 December 2002.
15.  Pursuant to the order of the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of 8 June 2004 the Krasnodonvugillya State Enterprise was reorganized into the Joint-Stock Company “Krasnodonvugillya”.
16.  On 2 August 2004 the Krasnodon Court changed the debtor in the enforcement proceedings and ordered the JSC “Krasnodonvugillya” to pay the applicant the award of 18 December 2002.
17.  On 29 September 2005 the Bailiffs' Service requested the applicant to provide them with his bank account information in order to transfer the judgment debt. The applicant did not reply.
18.  Between 29 September 2005 and 1 February 2006 the whole amount of the judgment debt due to the applicant was transferred to the Bailiffs' Service's account and became available for payment.
19.  On 7 November 2006 the Bailiffs' Service were informed about the applicant's death. On the same date the enforcement proceedings were suspended until determination of the applicant's heirs.
20.  As the applicant's heirs failed to lodge with the Krasnodon Court a motion to change a creditor in the enforcement proceedings, the judgment debt owed to the applicant remains with the Bailiffs' Service.